Superhero, Author, Kids, Manga
December 28, 2022
This chart of the ICv2 Top 10 Graphic Novel Franchises in four categories (Superhero, Author, Kids, and Manga) reflects sales in all trade channels for Summer 2022.
'Lore Olympus' Sales Decay
November 4, 2022
Sales of new Lore Olympus volumes have been decaying as the volume numbers go up, according to sales on the chart of the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels.
Sales of Top Sellers Fall Off After a Hot Summer
October 10, 2022
After a healthy summer, sales of top-selling manga seem to be slowing down a bit.
Midsummer Madness
August 16, 2022
July saw some big changes to the Top 20.
As Parent Company Consolidates Tapas, Radish, Wuxiaworld
July 28, 2022
The layoffs come as parent company Kakao consolidates the webtoon platform with the webnovel platform Radish and the Asian-fantasy platform Wuxiaworld.
From 'ICv2's Internal Correspondence' #102
July 13, 2022
These top franchise charts originally appeared in ICv2's Internal Correspondence #102.
On the Growing Webtoon Audience and Bringing Foreign Properties to North America
June 15, 2022
The audience for webtoons is growing, but it is very different from the manga readership.
On Bringing Webtoons to Print
June 13, 2022
The publisher of Solo Leveling talks about the process of bringing webtoons to print and their new Ize Korean-comics imprint.
Slowing Growth Rate Overall and for Top Titles
June 3, 2022
The year-over-year growth rate of top-selling graphic novels (mostly manga) was slower in May.
Launching New Imprint with Collections from BTS, More
April 18, 2022
Yen Press will launch Ice Press, a new imprint dedicated to Korean content, with print editions of popular webtoons from Korea by talent including BTS and others.
